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Pastor Reinhard Glöckner recounts the process of "die Wende" (literally, the change in direction -- the term former East Germans use to refer to German re-unification) as his city of 70,000 in the northeast corner of East Germany experienced it: peace services, marches, public discussions, elections, and beyond. In March 1990, Glöckner became the first democratically elected mayor of Greifswald in over 50 years. His unique account is an insider's view of the events of 1989-92 and their legal, economic, political, administrative, and occasionally personal repercussions. His reflections on local and regional identity both during and after the 40 years of socialism, and on efforts to re-assert that identity in emerging institutions and policies post-Wende, lend rare insight and valuable specificity to Glöckner's narrative.
About the Author: Dr. Reinhard Glöckner received his Dr. theol. in 1962 from the University of Jena. From 1974 to 1990 he was pastor at the St.-Marien-Kirche in Greifswald. He was active in the Church's peace movement in the GDR during the 1980s. In 1989 he was involved in organizing peace services and Monday demonstrations in Greifswald. He was part of the Round Table formed to provide guidance to the city administration during the transition. As a founding member of the Council of Counties and Towns in Vorpommern, he promoted the interests of the Vorpommmern region. He served as mayor of Greifswald from April 1990 to the end of 1992. In 1993, the Ernst Moritz Arndt University in Greifswald named him an honorary senator. The city honored him in 2009 by entering his name into its Golden Book. He is the author of a doctoral dissertation on Paul Tillich (1962); "Wie Menschen als Person leben" a philosophical exploration of the mechanism of repression in the context of responsibility, freedom, and justice (Münster: Lit Verlag, 2004); and "Vertrauen wagen, keine Gewalt!" a collection of his vespers, peace services, and addresses between 1975 and 1990 (Rostock: Koch, 2009).


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781532801624
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 6 mm
  • Weight: 209 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1532801629
  • Publisher Date: 06 May 2016
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 112
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: Peaceful Revolution and Reunification in Greifswald
  • Width: 152 mm


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